September 17, 2004 SELINSGROVE, (Pa.) – Praised fiction writer Susan Perabo will read from her work as part of the 2004-2005 Visiting Writers Series at Susquehanna University on Wednesday, September 29. The reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Meeting Rooms 1-5 of the Degenstein Campus Center. Sponsored by the Writers Institute at Susquehanna University, the event is free and open to the public. Perabo’s coming-of-age novel, The Broken Places, was published in 2001 by Simon & Schuster. Her collection of short stories, Who I Was Supposed to Be, also published by Simon & Schuster, was named a Best Book of 1999 by the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She also has published an instructional text for teachers on writing, Writers in the Schools: A Guide to Teaching Creative Writing in the Classroom. Perabo’s work has appeared in Best American Short Stories and New Stories from the South. The Washington Post calls Perabo “a strong, self-assured writer (who) weaves in…lyrical passage[s] of great power.” Besides having the typical qualifications of a contemporary writer, Perabo was the first woman to play NCAA baseball. She has her own plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame in New York. Perabo earned a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from the University of Arkansas. She now teaches creative writing at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. Contact: Victoria Kidd 570-372-4119 #vk/0405#